Gevo Inc (GEVO)

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Coke definitely still involved with GEVO

Gevo, Coke, Toray Partner on Renewable PET Technology August 27, 2013
...The Coca-Cola Company’s Scott Vitters, general manager, PlantBottle packaging innovation platform, says while the technology to make bio-based materials in a lab has been around for several years, Coke believes Gevo’s technologies have the potential to create it on a global commercial level within the next few years.

Gevo’s Silsbee facility is “an important milestone” toward Coke’s vision of making all of its PET plastic packaging from responsibly-sourced plant materials, Vitters says."

...Toray has also signed an offtake agreement for paraxylene produced at the Silsbee facility


Coke attended ribbon cutting of Silsbee
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Silsbee-based-company-teams-with-Coca-Cola-to-4782792.php

Mike Schultheis, Principal Engineer Sustainable Packaging Global R&D of The Coca-Cola Company, spoke Aug. 26 at Gevo's bio-paraxylene and bio-jet plant at South Hampton Resources in Silsbee. (pix 18)"


"The majority of the world's PET production is for synthetic fibers (in excess of 60%), with bottle production accounting for around 30% of global demand. "